Nirvana

//nɪɹˈvɑnə//

Synonyms for "nirvana" (124 found)

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Translations

95 translations across 48 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • اَلنِّرْفَانَا noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • اَلنِّرْفَانَا noun (state of bliss)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • нірва́на noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Bengali

2 entries
  • নির্বাণ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • নির্বাণ noun (state of bliss)

Burmese

2 entries
  • နိဗ္ဗာန် noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • နိဗ္ဗာန် noun (state of bliss)

Catalan

1 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 涅槃 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 入寂 noun (state of bliss)
  • 圓寂 /圆寂 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 涅槃 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 涅槃 noun (state of bliss)

Czech

1 entries
  • nirvána noun (state of bliss)

Dutch

2 entries
  • nirwana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirwana noun (state of bliss)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nirvano noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvano noun (state of bliss)

Estonian

2 entries
  • nirvaana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvaana noun (state of bliss)

Finnish

3 entries
  • autuus noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)
  • onni noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

French

2 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)

German

4 entries
  • Nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • Nirvana noun (state of bliss)
  • Nirwana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • Nirwana noun (state of bliss)

Greek

2 entries
  • νιρβάνα noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • νιρβάνα noun (state of bliss)

Hindi

2 entries
  • निर्वाण noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • निर्वाण noun (state of bliss)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nirvána noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvána noun (state of bliss)

Ido

2 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • nirwana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Irish

2 entries
  • nirbheána noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirbheána noun (state of bliss)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 入寂 noun (state of bliss)
  • 入滅 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 寂滅 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 涅槃 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Kalmyk

2 entries
  • нирван noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • нирван noun (state of bliss)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನಿರ್ವಾಣ noun (state of bliss)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • нирвана noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Khmer

1 entries
  • និព្វាន noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Korean

4 entries
  • 니르바나 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 니르바나 noun (state of bliss)
  • 열반 noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • 열반 noun (state of bliss)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນິພານ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Latin

1 entries
  • nirvāna noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nirvāna noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Malay

2 entries
  • nirwana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirwana noun (state of bliss)

Mon

2 entries
  • နိပ်ဗါန် noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • နိဗ္ဗာန် noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • ᠭᠠᠰᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠨᠥᠭᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Pali

1 entries
  • nibbāna noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Polish

2 entries
  • nirwana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirwana noun (state of bliss)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)

Russian

2 entries
  • нирва́на noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • нирва́на noun (state of bliss)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • निर्वाण noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • निर्वाण noun (state of bliss)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၼိၵ်ႈပၢၼ်ႇ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Sinhala

2 entries
  • නිර්වාණ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • නිවන noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නිර්වාණ noun (state of bliss)

Spanish

2 entries
  • nirvana noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nirvana noun (state of bliss)

Thai

2 entries
  • นิพพาน noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • นิพพาน noun (state of bliss)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • མྱང་འདས noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • нірва́на noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • нірва́на noun (state of bliss)

Urdu

2 entries
  • نروان noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • نروان noun (state of bliss)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • an lạc noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • niết bàn noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)
  • niết bàn noun (state of bliss)
  • tự tại noun (Buddhism: cessation of suffering)

Sample sentences

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Why is it that in every goddamn Smashing Pumpkins video I watch, some idiot compares them to Nirvana in the comments? What the fuck?

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I pray that his soul attains nirvana.

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You have a long way to go before you attain nirvana, my friend.

Source: tatoeba (8682746)

Chandrika was not reborn, as her soul had attained nirvana.

Source: tatoeba (8682749)

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